Data / Federal rules / 2024-09483
Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service
The Surface Transportation Board published this final rule in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024. It took effect on September 4, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Board adopts new regulations that provide for the prescription of reciprocal switching agreements as a means to promote adequate rail service through access to an additional line haul carrier. Under the new regulations, eligibility for prescription of a reciprocal switching agreement will be determined in part using objective performance standards that address reliability in time of arrival, consistency in transit time, and reliability in providing first-mile and last-mile service. The Board will also consider, in determining whether to prescribe a reciprocal switching agreement, certain affirmative defenses and the practicability of a reciprocal switching agreement. To help implement the new regulations, the Board will require all Class I railroads to submit certain service data on an ongoing and standardized basis, which will be generalized and publicly accessible. Railroads will also be required to provide individualized, machine-readable service data to a customer upon a written request from that customer.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-09483
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Surface Transportation Board
- Published
- May 7, 2024
- Takes effect
- September 4, 2024
- Dates
- The rule will be effective on September 4, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. EP 711 (Sub-No. 2)
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 1145
- Topics
- Common carriers; Freight; Railroads; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 65
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